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#E8EA46

#e8ea46 ≈ Icterine

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#e8ea46 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 90.98% red, 91.76% green and 27.45% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0.85% cyan, 0% magenta, 70.09% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 60.73°, with 79.61% saturation and 59.61% lightness in HSL. It is a warm color, often associated with optimism, attention and joy. Designers typically use it for highlights and warnings, children's products and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 16.29:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Icterine (#fcf75e), ΔE 3.46.

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Web safe#ffff33
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Relative luminance0.7644

Complementary

  1. #e8ea46
  2. #4846ea

Split complementary

  1. #e8ea46
  2. #4696ea
  3. #9a46ea

Analogous

  1. #ea9a46
  2. #e8ea46
  3. #96ea46

Triadic

  1. #e8ea46
  2. #46e8ea
  3. #ea46e8

Tetradic

  1. #e8ea46
  2. #46ea48
  3. #4846ea
  4. #ea46e8

Square

  1. #e8ea46
  2. #46ea9a
  3. #4846ea
  4. #ea4696

Monochromatic

  1. #86880f
  2. #cacc17
  3. #e8ea46
  4. #f1f28b
  5. #f9facf

Shades

#e8ea46 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e8ea46
  2. #d1d33f
  3. #babb38
  4. #a2a431
  5. #8b8c2a
  6. #747523
  7. #5d5e1c
  8. #464615
  9. #2e2f0e
  10. #171707
  11. #000000

Tints

#e8ea46 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e8ea46
  2. #eaec59
  3. #edee6b
  4. #eff07e
  5. #f1f290
  6. #f4f5a3
  7. #f6f7b5
  8. #f8f9c8
  9. #fafbda
  10. #fdfded
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e8ea46 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e8ea46
  2. #dedf4c
  3. #d3d552
  4. #c9ca57
  5. #bec05d
  6. #b4b563
  7. #aaaa69
  8. #9fa06f
  9. #959574
  10. #8a8b7a
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.29:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 16.29:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #e3e3e3 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #e5e6b9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #fce029 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #fee552 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f8dbca ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #f4e436 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #f5e74e ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f2e1a6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e8ea46 {
  color: #e8ea46;
}
Background
.bg-e8ea46 {
  background-color: #e8ea46;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e8ea46 {
  border: 2px solid #e8ea46;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e8ea46;
  --color-primary-rgb: 232 234 70;
  --color-primary-hsl: 61 80% 60%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e8ea46 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e8ea46, #96ea46);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e8ea46 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(232 234 70 / 0.35);
}

#fcf75e Icterine ΔE 3.46 #d1e231 Pear ΔE 3.88 #eee600 Titanium Yellow ΔE 3.92 #f0e130 Dandelion ΔE 4.38 #ffff66 Laser Lemon ΔE 4.60 #ffff31 Daffodil ΔE 5.22 #fff600 Cadmium Yellow ΔE 5.47 #1715b9 Inverted #e3e3e3 Grayscale 

Icterine
#e8ea46  rgb(232, 234, 70)  hsl(61, 80%, 60%)  Icterine
#4846ea  rgb(72, 70, 234)  hsl(241, 80%, 60%)  Majorelle Blue
#46e8ea  rgb(70, 232, 234)  hsl(181, 80%, 60%)  Bright Turquoise
#ea46e8  rgb(234, 70, 232)  hsl(301, 80%, 60%)  Fuchsia